Crime Rates at Ashton Downe, Chester Le Street, DH2 2JB

Ashton Downe area has the 25th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Chester-le-Street South , and the 617th highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashton Downe (DH2 2JB) in the last 12 months was 113.6 per 1,000 residents and was 99.0% higher than the Chester-le-Street South average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashton Downe (DH2 2JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorfoot Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buttermere Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.